Blood reservoir
US4493705A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 10, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/03
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A yoke shaped collapsible blood reservoir having first and second yoke legs joined by a yoke midsection. A filter element is positioned in the yoke midsection and across the blood flow path between an inlet at the base of the first yoke leg and a blood outlet at the base of the second yoke leg. An angular blood inlet and a gradual increase in cross-sectional area from the blood inlet to the yoke midsection decreases turbulence and assists in bubble separation.
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